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Planes are landing every single day at air fields near ukraine with weapons and other security assistance. but what exactly do they need to keep russia at bay? let's discuss now. cnn military analyst and retired major general james spider marks. general, good to see you. thank you for joining. president biden says he's sparing nee effort in getting ukraine the weapons they need. slovakia gave critical soviet era s300 systems to ukraine. will these help clear the skies of the missile and bomb attacks that keep coming from russia? >> don, they'll certainly help. they won't close the skies. you d...

Approximately 11,000 u.s. troops are deployed in this nato country. there are visible signs of a larger military ramp-up near ukraine. a senior u.s. official tells cnn, about eight to ten aircraft a day landed air fields near ukraine with weapons and security assistance material that is moved into the war-torn country by trump convoy. this bilateral drill ends with a photo op for the cameras. two countries side by side. >> what is the message you're sending in. >> we are strong. we are ready for any action. we are ready to defend our country. >> reporter: you may notice that i didn't interview...

Similar conclusion that it's unlikely that putin would try to take ownership of the country in 2014 when he could have done it when an anti russian rose up to replace his stooge that was driven out by the people. so i think they believe if something does happen, it will be military operation in part of the country but not in the entire country. so that's number 1. number 2, listen, this is a modern industrialized country. this is not afghanistan where they have multiple air fields here. not just in the capitol city. they have rail lines that go throughout all of europe, buses that go throughou...

Times about 6:00 a.m. and 7 a.m. earily familiar to what you get from a world war ii movie, this is happening in the modern age. people sought shelter in the bomb shelters. we didn't hear impact of what triggered air raid siren. first day of the invasion, there were two targets, one to the south and one to the north of lviv, air fields were hit. we don't know what was hit overnight. as people are fleeing to the western part of this country, seeking the polish border, that border is overrun, but there is one class of person not being allowed to crossover and that is adult men from ages of 18 to...

Unfolded. >> reporter: yes, i don't know if we can pull the map back up. >> yes. >> reporter: that location, hostomel there northwest of the capital city, fierce fighting at an air field that started yesterday. we saw russian paratroopers come into the air field. according to the ukrainian government there were 134 helicopters. they say they shot down three of them. then we heard six hours later that that air field -- >> i think we have lost cal's microphone. i don't know -- >> reporter: -- starting to take air fields. >> sorry, cal. go ahead. you are in and out on the other. >> reporter: no w...